The Grazing Sheep Podcast

Today Cam and Tom are joined by Dr. Scott Bowdridge to discuss his research measuring antibody levels in sheep.

Today Cam and Tom discuss Cam's recent trip to Montana.

Today Cam and Tom are joined by Nicole Valliere Kopetsky from Tennessee Tech to discuss her recent work with feeding trials with Katahdin sheep.

Today Cam and Tom talk about grazing some hay fields after taking hay off those fields.

Today Cam and Tom discuss some of the marketing opportunities for our lambs.

Today Cam and Tom had a question from a listener asking about handling systems.

Today Cam and Tom discuss hay making and how Tom can better develop his ewe lambs.

Today Cam and Tom are joined by Dr Patrick Freeze from Ward labs to discuss soil testing.

Today Cam and Tom discuss the results of Tom's artificial challenge on his February lamb crop.

Today Cam and Tom talk about their recent trip to Georgia.

Today Cam and Tom discuss sheep shearing.

Today Cam and Tom are joined by Dr Andrew Weaver to discuss some newer breeding technologies that North Carolina State and Dr Weaver are using in the university flock.

Today Cam and Tom finally have sheep back out on grass!

Today Cam and Tom talk about a new building that Tom will be building this summer.

Today Cam and Tom discuss some possibilities for spring plantings.

Today Cam and Tom talk about weaning lambs and how Tom might market these lambs.

Today Cam and Tom discuss some of the challenges associated with lambing our yearlings.

Today Cam and Tom talk about this past week's conferences that they both attended and spoke at and of course complain about the weather.

Today Cam and Tom discuss how Tom is getting ready to breed some ewes out of season for some fall lambs,

Today Cam and Tom discuss how soon we can start to put sheep out on grass.

Today Cam and Tom talk about how you might start a sheep flock of your own.

Today Cam and Tom talk about Tom's upcoming breeding strategies and a little bit about frost seeding.

Today Cam and Tom discuss the brutal cold weather struggles and some of Tom's lambing.

Today Cam and Tom are joined by Dr. Andrew Weaver to discuss their recent trip to ASI.

Today Cam and Tom talk about the Ohio Grazing Conference and of course the weather.

Today Cam and Tom talk about recent and upcoming grazing conferences and how useful they can be.

Today Cam and Tom discuss the results from the preg scanning Cam did at Tom's farm.

Today Cam and Tom talk about some new year's resolutions that they each have made for their operations this year.

Today Tom and Cam talk about getting ready for the upcoming lambing season.

Today Cam and Tom recap the 2025 Buckeye Shepherds Symposium.

Today Cam and Tom discuss an interview with Dr. Page that they recorded during the National Ram Sale.

Today Cam and Tom complain about the weather.

Today Cam and Tom share an interview they recorded at the National Ram Sale with Allison Borcher.

Today Cam and Tom listen to an interview with Ross Blattner of Blattner Suffolks from The National Ram Sale in Utah.

Today Cam and Tom discuss how important knowing your inventory can be. Knowing your inventory helps you to plan ahead.

Today Cam and Tom listen to the interview recorded at the National Ram Sale with Alan Culham.

Today Cam and Tom listen to an interview that they recorded at the National Ram Sale this past October with David Scales.

Today Cam and Tom spend some time just catching with each other.

Today Cam and Tom discuss their breeding decisions and why they made those decisions.

Today Cam and Tom talk about how they are each handling there pastures after the drought they both went through.

Today Cam and Tom are joined by Dr. Andrew Weaver to discuss the National Ram sale held in Heber City, Utah.

Today Cam and Tom are joined by Dr. Weaver to discuss the recent South West Va. ram sale and also to discuss how the warm season covers did at the N.C. State farm.

Today Cam and Tom are joined by Gavin Blonquist and Tom Boyer to discuss the upcoming National Ram Sale held in Heber City Utah.

Today Cam and Tom are joined by Dr Andrew Weaver to discuss 2 ram sales that are coming up.

Today Cam and Tom talk about stock piled forages and what to do if the stock pile doesn't add up.

Today Cam and Tom talk about the drought, Cam's ram sale and the rams that they both have on the Va. ram test.

Today Tom and Cam dive deeper into the explanation of a few EBVs.

Today Cam and Tom discuss weaning weights and what they look for in their flocks.

Today Cam and Tom spend some time catching up and discuss some of what they hope to cover in future episodes.

Today Cam and Tom discuss the importance of parasite resistance in their sheep flocks and why they breed for it.